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EP0549127A2
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Common channel signaling message intercept system
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1992-11-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-11-23
Abstract
Abstract To facilitate the processing of an incoming telephone call (e.g. from 105-1) associated with a respective telecommunications network service an initial address message identifying the incoming call is intercepted (in 300-1) before the message is presented to an associated toll switch (205) that will process the call. The intercepted message is then examined in order to identify the toll switch service logic that will process the call. The identity of the service logic is then appended to the message and the message is then passed to the toll switch (205) so that the identified service logic may be invoked to process the call in accord with the requested service. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Warren R. Moe
- 👤 Larry Arnise Russell
- 👤 Teresa Lorraine Russell
- 👤 Catherine Anne Schevon
- 👤 Roger E. Stone
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-07 23:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/0016; H04Q3/0025; H04Q3/0029; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/13517; H04Q2213/13545
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A network comprising a plurality of interconnected switches for establishing connections between ones of said switches to forward respective incoming calls to their intended destinations, said switches exchanging messages with one another via a communications path in order to establish said connections, said incoming calls being associated with respective services, said network comprising means for interfacing associated ones of said switches with said communications path, and wherein said means for interfacing is CHARACTERIZED BY, means for receiving via said path a message identifying an incoming call received at the associated one of said switches, for identifying, as a function of calling information contained in said message, a service logic contained in said one switch that will process said incoming call and for supplying said message and said service logic identity to the said one switch.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
18 words
The network set forth in claim 1 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said message is an initial address message.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The network set forth in claim 1 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said calling information is a long distance telephone number, and wherein said means for identifying includes means for translating said long distance telephone number into a memory location at which is stored a record identifying said service logic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
78 words
The network set forth in claim 3 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said service logic identity includes the identity of an adjunct processor associated with said one switch, said adjunct processor including voice interactive means for transmitting to the originator of said incoming call a verbal message requesting entry of an authorization code, for receiving the entered code and for allowing said incoming call to be completed if the entered code compares with a code contained in said record.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
The network set forth in claim 1 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said calling information includes an automatic identification code identifying the source of said incoming call, and wherein said means for identifying includes means for translating said identification code into a memory location having stored therein said identity of said service logic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The network set forth in claim 5 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said means for identifying includes means, operative in the event that said memory location does not contain the identity of said service logic, for then supplying a null word to said one switch as the identity of said service logic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The network set forth in claim 1 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said calling information is a telephone number associated with a calling telephone station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The network set forth in claim 1 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said calling information is a called telephone number.
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